Source: India Tribune, Chicago
FLUSHING, NEW YORK, October 24, 2001: The 20-foot-tall chariot of the Ganesha temple here was burned in a suspect arson attack. The chariot had been used for two decades to take Lord Ganesha around the streets of Flushing in the annual Ganesh Chaturthi festival. No one was hurt in the incident, and only the chariot burned, as it was kept in the back yard of the priest house across the street from the temple. The artistically carved chariot was made in Karaikkudi, Tamil Nadu, South India.